Guo Meng-yu Portfolio
2009-2013
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Connections in the City Without Ground
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Sustainability, renewing and localization of Taipei city in New Consumption type
Screw Pine Community
Business Hotel Design
Danshuei Tourist Center
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L V.S
Connections in the City Without Ground
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In Hong Kong, the city is connected by MTR system. From urban to suburban or to the airport, only cost less than 30 minute. The connection to the whole region is in a good condition. To this site in West Kowloon, what is main function that this station should have? Except the program of an XRL station, this project wants to find out the role that this station plays within the context of Hong Kong. The connections made by the MTR system are defined as regional connections in this project and the other kind of connection which made by pedestrians defined as local connection. Knowing that Hong Kong already have a good regional connection, the condition of local connection is an important issue that people should discuss.
Not a city for pedestrians The well connection form by the MTR system also to be the murderer of West Kowloon’s local connection. The developers of each MTR line are different. They didn’t communicate to each other and did their project separately. This condition made the whole area’s local connection became very weak.
West Kowloon XRL S
Station
Elements
Lin Cheung Road
Canton Road
Lin Cheung Road
Canton Road
Elements
Elevated walkway and underground path try to make it more convenient for pedestrians, but it still cannot solve the problem. Not useful and not safe in both elevated walkway and underground path let this area cut into pieces by the MTR line’s developments.
Potential linking points There are actually many possible place can be used to connect the whole area. In this project is trying to form the connection by continuing the activity. For it is the scale of pedestrians, the connection is more about how to make people use it and have activity here. The diagram below is showing the potential connecting points around our site.
FAR feedback to public use Plaza connect to MTR station lobby
Highrise residential building
L2
L1
Roof park above the PTI
Elements
Local
FAR
Kinde NGO Kowloon Park
GL
Elements
PTI PTI King Jeorge park
Urban to Suburban MTR station
B1
Hong Kong to Shenzhen
B4
Layers All this potential connecting points are not in the same layer. This is also the feature of Hong Kong. B4 layer is the platform of West Kowloon XRL station which connected to china. B1 layer has the station program which plays the role to connect to other region. B4 and B1 basically create the regional connection. Above ground layer have many other program which makes it possible to create a well local connection here.
FAR feedback to public use Plaza connect to MTR station lobby
Highrise residential building
Roof park above the PTI Elements
feedback to public use
ergarten O offices
FAR feedback to public use
Austin station
Kindergarten NGO offices
Austin station
Kowloon Park
PTI Elements
PTI
Austin station
Austin station
King Jeorge park
Austin station MTR station
Museuem Art museum Library plaza Education Program
Residential building Community center Gathering space
Station program Underground street Toutist center
Park (Green belt) Sport space City farm
To connect the same program in different layer and different place There are many programs around the site, such as commercial, green land, public space, residential in this area. Create the circulation system by connecting the program
and make people can go
Retail store stants book store Boutuque Restaurant
Public
A
Museuem Art museum Library plaza Education Program NGO group office Kindergarten
Co-Working space Library Museum
Residentail
Bookstore community Caf’e Center
Residential building Community center Gathering space
B’
Retail
B
Plant Shop
Caf’e
Traffic-related Station program Underground street
A’
Green
Park (Green belt) Sport space City farm
L1 Plan
0 10
Commertail Retail store stants book store Boutuque Restaurant Caf’e
20
50
Circulation system Depart Arrive Commercial Public Culture
This is the diagram to explain how the system works in this project. The same program has been connected to different layer. Whether what access people get in, they still can go to any other place by following the same program. This means they can be easily go to other area only by continue their activity.
Station Carpark
Library
Library Hostel , Live+Work Space
Co-Working space
BOH Supermarket
Museum
Bar , Caf’e
Gallery community Center
Retail Station Concourse Ticket office
Restaurant
Retail Retail
Retail
Art Museum Plant Shop
BOH Hotel, office
Nathan Rd
BOH
Drop off area
GL Plan
L2 Plan
Roof Plan
B1 Plan
Hotel, office Conference Room
Elements
Plant Shop Retail Library
Gallery Art Museum Retail
Platform
Retail
Restaurant Retail
Museum Station Concourse Arrival hall Departure hall
Nathan Rd Drop off area BB’ Section 0 5
10
25M
Station Use
Station Use
CIQ Office
CIQ Office Unpaid Area Unpaid Area
CIQ
Duty free Departure hall Arrival hall Duty free
Drop off area
CIQ
BOH
BOH
BOH
B2 Plan
B3 Plan
B4 Plan
0 10
PTI
20
50
Museum
Library
Retai Supermarket
These programs cross more than one layer. They make the connection more strength in the vertical direction.
Co-Working Space Museum Community Center
Library
Plants shop
Hotel, office
M+
WKCD
il Drop off area Arrival hall Departure hall
AA’ Section
0 5
10
25M
Sustainability, renewing and localization of Taipei city in New Consumption type
Taiwan Taiwan
Sanxia
Jiufen
Tamsui
Agriculture
Industry
Services industry
DESIGN
Production
Production
Consumer Market
Market
COST MORE
Consumer
LOWER COST
Mass production DESIGN
Production
Market
Consumer
Internet Marketing
Digital-Fabrication
Department Store 27.2% Super Market 14.7% Convinient Store 26.0% Hypermarket 16.7% Other 15.3%
Department Store with International Brands 27.2%
Share pedestraint flow
Suburban
Broaden the Market
Ubran
Products
Products
Spatial Experience Spatial Experience
Products
Products
Spatial Experience Spatial Experience
Suburban Countryside
Sight-seeing area
Zhongxiao E. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan
Urban
Traffic
2.2KM
., Danshuei New Taipei City, Taiwan
Bike + MRT
Spatial characteristics--
Strategy in Leval 1 Makes people get into this area
Residential Residential
Shops + cof`e + Studio Elevated Walkway (connect to Huashan 1914)
Shops Shops + cof`e + Studio Studio
Studio Shops Shops + cof`e + Studio Studio+ I Market Car Park + Studio Car Park+ I Market Park+ I Market Shops + Studio+ I Market
Car Park
All With Parking Area for Bicycles
Strategy in Leval 2
Inside out : when people start to get into this area, then it have the potential to make the bake lane become the front of the building
STUDIO
SHOPS
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F CO
A’
a A
C
B
B’
b
C’
c
肆年
D
D’
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site plan s:1/2000
a s:1/1200
2f plan
1f plan
b s:1/1200
c s:1/1200
1f plan
2f plan
3f plan
1f plan
Typhoon 5.3Typhoons /year in average 57% of Nature disasters is Typhoon in Taiwan
Screw Pine Community t city f Resilien o e p y t n new e weather i m e r t x e o t n o i t u Sol
Site Taiwan Hualien 23.946724,121.606094 This site will been damaged by typhoon every year. The shoreline retreated 390m in 18 years.
live
abandon
live
abandon
coastal community
farmland　
tear down
landscape
down town
Now
down town farmland　 coastal community
Future
390m 18years 390m * 3
= 54 years
float and protection
Roots
the coastal vegetation structures of roots can fix tje sand
Fruits
+
plan
sec
the fruit of coastal vegetation have its own special way to protect the seeds
B
L D K
facad
B
B Ba
L D
B K
Living room Dining eoom Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom
Brick This design in the second stage will turn itself from the house for human to the habitat to vegetation and fish. The bricks of the house can release seeds after a certain years of erosion.
type A
type B
Metal- easier to be eroded by (salt ) water Straw- to keep the sand or soil Seeds Metal- easier to be eroded by (salt ) water
type C
Metal- easier to be eroded by (salt ) water Straw- to keep the sand or soil
SecAA’
PVC-U The recycle plastic material, reduce 94％ influence to globalwarming than using non-recycle material.
Floating system
Stage 1 For NOW
SecBB’
B
A B C
Elevation coastal vegetation
A
A’
seaweed
Unit Plan B’
fish
scale 1/100
The facade of this design composes by the seeds-bricks. When sea levels get higher every year, the facade also would be eroded by the sea and wind. The whole environment will change from coastal environment to sea environment. This design separates the house into three parts. The upper part of the house will turn into the habitat for coastal vegetation. The basement of the house will become the habitat of seaweeds while the coastline totally retreats to the house’s position.
Existed Communities
water detention pond
Stage 2
Within 50 years
Downtown Shoreline
coastal vegetation
Half in water coastal vegetation seaweed Photovoltaic Panel Will be removed when the house is no longer livable which can reduce the pollution to the ocean
Drown
seaweed fish
The foundation of the building would be eroded by sea water and become the habitat for fish
Stage 3
after 50 years
+ products
= experience
Business Hotel Design
VALUE
The project is involved a business hotel located in Taipei city, adjacent to the MRT station and closed to both railway station and airport. In such an unusual location, the design of the hotel should stride for its uniqueness. Luxury interior design and conventional program like spa would no longer be enough to those patrons in a bustling city.
Site Da’an Dist. Taipei Taiwan 25.042801,121.546023
Danshuei Tourist Center
Elevation Analysis